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Five Kenyans held by Somali pirates over ransom

Five Kenyans have gone missing after being attacked or kidnapped in Puntland part of war-torn Somalia, Maritime and United Nations sources have indicated.PHOTO: COURTESY

Five Kenyans have gone missing after being attacked or kidnapped in Puntland part of war-torn Somalia, Maritime and United Nations sources have indicated.

Two of them, including a woman, were attacked at an undisclosed location in the autonomous Puntland when pirates operating from nearby seas descended on the mainland and seized them.

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